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No. 295.435. Patented Mar. 18,1884.

' wmmssnsi I y Q XML ATTORNEYS DINAND SOHILLING,

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHAN MAX FERDINAND SOHILL IN G, OF SONNEBERG, SAXEMEININGEN,

GERMANY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,435, dated March18, 1884.

Application filed February 4, 1884. No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHAN MAX a subject of. the Duchy ofSaxe-Meiningen, Germany, residing. at the city of Sonneberg, in theDuchy of Saxe- Meiningen, Empire of Germany, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Dolls, ofwliich the following is aspecification. i

The porcelain, wood, orpapier-mach arms of dolls, the bodies of whichare made of cloth, linen, and leather, have heretofore been secured bytying a piece of suitable textile fabric to the arms and sewing saidfabric to the body of the doll. Forobtaining a better or increasedmovement of the arms wires have been placed into the same. The degree ofmovement obtained by such fastening devices, however, was limited andunsatisfactory.

The object of this invention is to give to the arms of doll-bodies madeof cloth, linen, and leather a high degree of flexibility, so that theycan be moved in every direction with great facility, without decreasingtheir durability,- and the invention consists of a doll-body provided atthe shoulders with a fixed transverse tube having socket-shaped T ends,and of articulated arms having. ball shaped upper ends, the jointedforearms being connected by elastic cords passing through the hollowupper parts of the arms and the 1 tube of the doll-body.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a dollmade ac cording to my invention. Fig. 2 is also a front view, showingthe upper part of the dollbody in section; and Figs. 3 and 4. arerespectively a detail vertical transverse section 1 and a plan of theconnection of the articulated arms,with the the fixed transverse tube ofthe doll-body.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The doll-body B is made of cloth, linen, or leather, and filled with asuitable loose material in the usual manner. Inthe upper part of thebody B, at the shoulder portion of the same, is arranged a transversewooden tube, A, of cylindrical shape, as shown in Fig. 2. The tube A isarranged with concave seats at its ends, which receive the ballshapedextremities of the upper arm-sections, a a. The forearms b b are alsoconnected by ball-and-socket joints with the upper arm-sections, a a.The forearms b b are provided with recesses b and fixed transverse pinsd d, that pass across said recesses. The pins d d serve for attachingthereto stout rubber or other elastic cords, f, which are drawn throughcentral perforations of the upper arm-sections, a, and connected in thetransverse tube A of the body by means of a strong double hook, g, bentof wire. The wire hook g connects the elastic cords f f, and holdsthereby the forearms securely in the sockets of the upper arm-sections,a a, and the latter in the end sockets of the tube A, as shown clearlyin Figs. 2 and 3. The tube A, with the arms connected thereto. asdescribed, is thenplaced ture, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1 The combination of a doll-body having a fixedtransverse tube at the shoulder por tion, with articulated arms, elasticcords secured to the arms, and means for connecting the cords withinsaid tube, substantially as set forth. i

2. The combination of a doll-body having a fixed transverse tube at theshoulder poition, perforated upper arm-sections; jointed forearms havingfixed transverse pins, and elastic cords that are attached to said pins,passed through the upper arm-sections, and connected in the transversetube, substantially as described. 3. The combination of a doll-body, afixed transverse tube having concave end seats or I00 sockets, upperperforated arm-sections hav- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my namelug ball-shaped terminals jointed forearms to this specification inpresence of two subhaving recesses and fixed transverse pins andscribing witnesses.

elastic cords attached to said pins, said cords STEPHAN MAX FERDINANDSGHILLING. 5 being passed through the upper arm-sections, WVitnesses: I

and connected by a double Wire hook within AHVINFLORROHIST,

the transverse tube, substantially as specified. GEORGE F. MOSHER.

